The Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award

The Global Citizen Prize Award

The Global Citizen Prize Award was established by Cisco and Global Citizen to recognize and lift up a young person positively impacting the world, as a way to demonstrate the impact that young people are having on achieving the Global Goals and to accelerate global problem-solving.

What make the successful candidate?

• Demonstrated track-record of measurable impact at scale over last 3-5 years advancing one or more of the Global Goals.
• Compelling vision and concrete plans for how to extend this work in the next 3-5 years, including how the prize will advance efforts.
• Inspires other young people to have an impact on achieving one or more of the Global Goals.
• Demonstrates the values and embodies the spirit of a Global Citizen and a Global Problem Solver.
• Innovates with technology or Internet-based communications to improve efficiency, reach, and magnify impact.

Main criteria

You must be 18-30 years old as of award ceremony in December 2019, and be able to travel to award ceremony to accept prize.

For a period of three years, you must be willing to do media interviews and appearances, and grant rights to GC and Cisco to use name, likeness and related content in GC or Cisco marketing campaigns and on GC or Cisco owned-platforms, such as cisco.com, globalcitizen.org and social platforms.

You must not be a citizen of a country or entity subject to financial or other sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) or other government entity of the United States of America that may restrict the transfer of the Prize.

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